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Role-Playing Games of Japan

Transcultural Dynamics and Orderings

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Authors:
  1. Björn-Ole Kamm

    1. Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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  • Represents one of the first book-length scholarly studies of non-digital role-playing games (RPGs) in Japan

  • Takes a transcultural approach that extends beyond the national borders of Japan and challenges prevailing stereotypes of "Japaneseness" in RPGs

  • Employs cyber-ethnographic methods to theorize non-digital RPGs as constituting fluid networks of practice rather than fixed and static entities

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction—Before Play

    • Björn-Ole Kamm
    Pages 1-28

  3. Games—Playing with Borders of Reality, or the First Act

    • Björn-Ole Kamm
    Pages 29-109

  4. Stereotypes—The Agency of Labels, or the Second Act

    • Björn-Ole Kamm
    Pages 111-196

  5. Mediation—Counterpoints of Dis/Connection, or the Third Act

    • Björn-Ole Kamm
    Pages 197-256

  6. After Play—Knowledge (and) Practices

    • Björn-Ole Kamm
    Pages 257-294

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 295-300
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About this book

This book engages non-digital role-playing games—such as table-top RPGs and live-action role-plays—in and from Japan, to sketch their possibilities and fluidities in a global context. Currently, non-digital RPGs are experiencing a second boom worldwide and are increasingly gaining scholarly attention for their inter-media relations. This study concentrates on Japan, but does not emphasise unique Japanese characteristics, as the practice of embodying an RPG character is always contingently realised. The purpose is to trace the transcultural entanglements of RPG practices by mapping four arenas of conflict: the tension between reality and fiction; stereotypes of escapism; mediation across national borders; and the role of scholars in the making of role-playing game practices.

         

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Björn-Ole Kamm

About the author

Björn-Ole Kamm teaches and researches in Transcultural Studies at Kyoto University. His previous research engaged stereotypes and media use in Japanese society. Currently, he explores live-action role-play in Japanese educational contexts.


        

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Role-Playing Games of Japan

  • Book Subtitle: Transcultural Dynamics and Orderings

  • Authors: Björn-Ole Kamm

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50953-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50952-1Published: 29 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50955-2Published: 29 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50953-8Published: 28 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 300

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Culture, Youth Culture, Popular Culture

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